The circuit-relation ideal conjecture for 3-connected matroid extensions

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Let P{\mathbb{P}} be a partial field, let MM be a 3-connected P{\mathbb{P}}-representable matroid, and let N=M−eN=M{-} e be a 3-connected deletion that settles MM. Let IN,MI_{N,M} be the ideal describing the quotient from the representation ring of NN to that of MM, and let Cr⁡(N)\operatorname{Cr}(N) denote the relevant set of cross-ratios of NN. Circuit-relation ideal conjecture. If N=M−eN=M{-} e, NN and MM are 3-connected, and NN settles MM, then IN,MI_{N,M} is an ideal generated by relations p−qp-q, where p,q∈Cr⁡(N)p,q\in\operatorname{Cr}(N).

This conjecture proposes that the constraints imposed by extending a settled 3-connected matroid are generated by pairwise relations between cross-ratios of the smaller matroid. The source gives no evidence that the claim has been resolved.

References

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R. A. Pendavingh and S. H. M. van Zwam, “Confinement of matroid representations to subsets of partial fields”, arXiv:0806.4487 (2010).

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